Pocket for garments



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POCKET FOR GARMENTS FiledDec. 9, 1942 IN VEN TOR.

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6 Arm/var I" Patented July 6, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE POCKET FOR GARMENTS Meyer Friedman, New York, N. Y.

Application December 9, 1942, Serial No. 468,329

2 Claims. (01. 2253) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in pockets for garments.

More specifically, the invention proposes the construction of pockets for garments in which the fabric material forming the outer garment is provided with an opening which is held closed at an intermediate point in a manner to form adjacent mouths leading to a pair of pocket compartments.

1 A further object of the invention proposes constructing a pocket from the customary double layer of pocket fabric and which has the usual mouth opening secured along the edges of the opening formed in the body of the garment so that entrance to a pocket may be achieved through either of the mouths.

Still further it is proposed to provide a means for securing the double layer of fabric together at a point terminating from the held closed point of the opening in the body of the garment, dividing the interior of the pocket into a pair of pocket compartments arranged so that said pocket compartments may be accessible through separate mouth openings.

Still further it is proposed to characterize the means for securing the double layer of fabric together by a line of stitches extending from the held closed point to fixedly divide the double layer of fabric material into adjacent pocket compartments.

For further comprehension of the invention,

and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a pair of mans pants provided with auxiliary pockets constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken substantially on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an inside elevational View looking in the direction of the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but illustrating a modification of the invention.

Fig. 6 is a view showing my invention applied to a pocket having a slightly inclined opening. Fig. '7 is an other view showing my invention applied to a pocket having an arcuate shaped opening.

The auxiliary pocket for garments, according to this invention, comprises fabric material I!) forming the body of a garment having an opening ll held closed at a point i2 forming a pair of adjacent mouths l3 and M for a pair of pocket compartments. The body of the garment hereinbefore referred to is illustrated as being a pair of mens pants, but it is merely by way of illustration and the invention is equally applicable to the pockets of lumber jackets, coats, ladies skirts, and other garments.

The means for holding the opening I I closed. at its intermediate point preferably positioned as shown above the middle of the opening comprises a closely grouped unit of stitches engaged 1 through adjacent layers of fabric at a point immediately adjacent the opening H. A double layer of fabric i5 is secured together along its edges forming a pocket having a mouth opening l6 which is secured to the edges of the opening I I by means of stitches H and which pocket in the structure shown extends downwardly from the waist band. The construction makes the interior of the pocket formed by the double layer of fabric material l5 accessible through either of the mouth openings l3 or M.

Means is provided for securing the double layer of fabric together along a line radiating from the held closed point of the opening I I for dividing the interior of the pocket into a pair of pocket compartments I8 and H! which are accessible through the respective mouths l3 and I4. This means comprises a substantially horizontal line of stitches 20 engaged through the double layer of material [5. The top pocket compartment !8 is accessible through the mouth opening l3 while the bottom pocket compartment I9 is accessible through. the mouth opening M.

In the modification of the invention shown in Fig. 5 means is provided for reducing the interior compass of the top pocket compartment !8 so that it may be used to carrying a pocket watch, illustrated by the dot and dash lines 2| on. the figure. The reducing means consists of a line of stitches 22 which is engaged through the double layer of material !5 and which extends upwards and forwards with relation to the line of stitches 2B. In this form of the invention the pocket compartment 18 is still accessible through the mouth opening [3 but its interior compass has been materially reduced so as to fixedly retain the watch 2! in position therein.

pocket is similar to that shown in Figs. 1-4, except for the shape of the opening H in the fabric material forming the body of the garment I0. In this form of the invention the opening I l extends upwards and forwards at an inclination.

In other respects this form of the invention is identical to the previous form and like parts are identified by the same reference numerals.

In Fig. 7 a differently shaped opening II" is formed in the body of the garment l0. This opening ll extends arcuately upwards and forwards. In other respects this form of the invention is identical to the previous form and like parts are identified by the same reference numerals. The line of stitching 20 as shown in Figs. 6 and '7 is, of course, similar to that shown in Fig. l and, accordingly, is positioned substantially tra-nsversally across the pocket.

It is to be understood that this pocket construction is primarily intended for the use in mens and boys trousers and ladies slacks and is made of the usual lining or pocket material and converted into twin pockets of various sizes.

This pocket arrangement makes it possible to utilize the upper zone of the trousers, above the normal pocket opening to form a new auxiliary pocket for keeping therein pencils, tools or any other item. This auxiliary pocket may also eliminate the necessity of the small pocket in front portion of trousers, which now are commonly used. This pocket arrangement may be used either at one or both sides of the garment, with the same or different divisional spacings.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention,- it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. In a pair of pants having a substantially vertical pocket opening extending downwardly from the waist band, a bag pocket consisting of two plies of material stitched together, underlying the material of the pants and having a substantially vertical opening coincident with and attached to the defining edges of the pocket opening of the pants to provide an access opening, said pocket being attached at its upper margin to the waist band of the pants, and a transverse line of stitching dividing said bag pocket into two zones and the substantially vertical outseam pocket opening into upper and lower openings, the former being of a length less than half the cumulative length of the two.

2. In a pair of pants having a substantially vertical pocket opening extending downwardly from the waist band, a bag pocket consisting of two plies of material stitched together, underlying the material of the pants and having a substantially vertical opening coincident with and attached to the defining edges of the pocket opening of the pants to provide an access opening, said pocket being attached at its upper margin to the waist band of the pants, a transverse line of stitching dividing said bag pocket into two zones and the substantially vertical outseam pocket opening into upper and lower openings, the former being of a length less than half the cumulative length of the two, and means for reducing the interior compass of the upper zone.

MEYER FRIEDMAN. 

